This is part of an
article about Bruce Garland and entitled "They call him
Bruce" written by Bruce Moxon and reproduced with
acknowledgement to Motor Racing Australia and Chevron Press.

His first rally as
a driver was near Mackay, in his native Queensland in 1975 or '76.
Moving to Sydney, Bruce contested a rally near Bulahdelah, on the
mid-north caost, when he was confronted by the Killer Mullet
Rallye Team.

"There was
this creek crossing, at the bottom of a long hill and we were
going pretty quickly. There was a flood sign in the middle of the
creek, one of those with the depth painted on it. When we got
really close, we could see that the sign said that there was a
metre of water in the creek. We nearly shit ourselves trying to
stop,but there was not a chance." They plunged into the
creek to discover there was only a few centimetres of water.
"Those bloody Mullets had cut the sign off!"